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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to the White House on Nov. 2, 2025 after taking off from Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Trump: GOP should "take over" elections

Garrett Owen

Trump pushed for taking elections away from the states in an interview with Dan Bongino

Idaho governor candidate Ammon Bundy takes questions from the public on January 26, 2022 in Shelly, Idaho. Analysts are speculating that the governor bid by Bundy, a far-right activist, is part of a larger anti-establishment trend. (Photo by Natalie Behring/Getty Images)

Bundy: ICE raids are "sickening"

Alex Galbraith

The rancher famous for armed standoffs with the government said the left is "more correct" on immigration

Trevor Noah at the 68th GRAMMY Awards held at the Crypto.com Arena on February 01, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images)

Trump threatens to sue over Epstein joke

Garrett Owen

Trump dangled a lawsuit against Grammys host Trevor Noah and called the awards "virtually unwatchable"

Don Lemon makes a statement outside of federal court in Los Angeles following his arrest on charges related to covering an ICE protest in Minneapolis. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Don Lemon's arrest is a MAGA misfire

Sophia Tesfaye

Pam Bondi’s track record of prosecuting Trump's revenge is abysmal

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DHS officials shot and killed VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minnesota this week. This is the second killing and third civilian shot in just the first few weeks of 2026 in Minneapolis. (Octavio JONES / AFP via Getty Images)

CBP agents identified in Pretti shooting

J. David McSwane - ProPublica

Two agents who fired on Pretti identified as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and CBP officer Raymundo Gutierrez

Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, MA on 9/8/04. (Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)

Epstein release exposes victims, photos

Garrett Owen

“It’s hard to imagine a more egregious way of not protecting victims," survivor says after images were released

Johnny Knoxville in "Fear Factor: House of Fear" (Serguei Bachlakov/FOX)

The "Fear Factor" reboot is disgusting

Andi Zeisler

Johnny Knoxville hosts a reboot that turns reality TV’s old shock value into joyless competitive degradation

Toro Taquitos at Barra Vieja (Jodyann Morgan)

Miami Beach still knows how to celebrate

Chaya Milchtein

From caviar-topped bananas to cafecito-rubbed ribs, Miami’s memorable meals made the trip feel like a celebration

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MAGA commentator and podcast host Tucker Carlson is particularly skilled at pandering to the basest instincts of the right. (Olivier Touron / AFP via Getty Images)

How Jon Stewart created Tucker Carlson

Amanda Marcotte

The 2004 “Crossfire” spat became the blueprint for today's MAGA chaos

People attend a candlelight vigil organized by healthcare workers at the site where  Alex Pretti was killed on January 24, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The vigil was held to remember the lives of Pretti and Renee Good a 37-year-old mother of three children who was killed by ICE agents on January 7. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Minnesota momfluencers take on ICE

Nicole Karlis

Twin Cities parents pivot from makeup tutorials and parenting videos to speaking out against ICE

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford.

Trump admin to write new rules using AI

Jesse Coburn - ProPublica

“We don’t need the perfect rule,” said top Transportation Department lawyer. “We want good enough”

A 5-year-old was taken into ICE custody to "bait" his father to come out of hiding, though both father and son are currently pursuing asylum through legal channels. Minnesotans called for his return from the ICE detention center in Texas, which was granted on Sunday. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT / Getty Images)

Bunny hat boy and dad released from ICE

CK Smith

Child's arrest sparked national outrage and viral photos. He and his dad, asylum seekers, finally returned to MN

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"Melania" (Amazon MGM Studios/Muse Films)

The empty and foul Melania doc

Coleman Spilde

Neither insightful nor interesting, the first lady’s disgraceful doc exists only to fuel Trump’s propaganda machine

Donald Trump and his then-girlfriend, Melania Knauss, alongside future convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago on February 12, 2000. (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images))

Trump threatens to sue Epstein estate

Alex Galbraith

The president said the newly released Epstein files "absolve" him of any wrongdoing and reveal a plot against him

Special elections across the country continue to show strong turnout for Democratic candidate, leaving many concerned for the 2026 midterms. (Allen J. Schaben / Getty Images)

Democrats build momentum in key races

CK Smith

A growing pattern of Democratic overperformance is tightening margins and reshaping the potential 2026 midterms map

Pete Davidson as Tom Homan during the "ICE Meeting" Cold Open of "Saturday Night Live" (Will Heath/NBC)

Homan on "SNL": Try not to get filmed

Alex Galbraith

Pete Davidson played Trump's "border czar" in a send-up of ICE's inept operation in Minneapolis

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"Primal" (Adult Swim)

A zombie story that makes you feel alive

Melanie McFarland

Genndy Tartakovsky defies our short attention spans with the quiet tale of a lost soul seeking the ones he loves

Sidney Powell (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

FBI raid gives Sidney Powell an encore

Heather Digby Parton

The wild conspiracy theories of Trump's former attorney are driving the new federal probe into the "Big Lie"

Donald Trump speaks as he receives the FIFA Peace Prize from FIFA president Gianni Infantino in Washington, Dec. 5, 2025. (Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

World Cup boycott is a fantasy

Andrew O'Hehir

Dreams of a soccer-themed moment of global solidarity are just fanfics, completely untethered to reality

An anti-ICE protest at a Target in Minneapolis. (Madison Thorn/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A wake-up call for white Americans

Chauncey DeVega

The deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti are forcing white people to face hard truths about power and violence

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ICE continue to arrest those they suspect of being "illegal aliens." Now, online, its supporters call for action, even against U.S. citizens. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Handout / Getty Images)

A year in Trump's deportation campaign

Gerardo Del Valle - ProPublica

One year in, we look at how it’s changed the lives of immigrants and citizens across the U.S.

Most journalists and press organizations are rallying around Don Lemon, following his arrest for his supposed involvement in a protest in Minneapolis this week. With some conservative pundits support his arrest, the debate over press freedom is back in the conversation. (Kevin Mazur / Getty Images)

Press freedom under fire after arrest

CK Smith

Media groups call charges dangerous, as right-wing commentators argue Lemon crossed from reporting into activism

Journalist Don Lemon was arrested and charged with civil rights violations because he was reporting on a protest at a church in Minneapolis. (Mario Tama / Getty Images)

Lemon pledges to fight after his arrest

CK Smith

Lemon’s arrest over a Minnesota protest has quickly become a flashpoint over press rights in the U.S.

Amanda Seyfried as Nina Winchester in "The Housemaid" (Daniel McFadden/Lionsgate)

"The Housemaid" could save cinema

Coleman Spilde

A fearless, over-the-top performance shows why movies at the edge of camp and prestige still matter

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